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[diverged_fate]

I guess one of those Christmas presents fell behind my bed. Didn't see it or open it until now. Uh...

[Usually calm Keats sounds disturbed. He's trying for a normal tone, but it's forced.]

It's a picture. Did anyone else get a picture?

...And...what...kind of picture? Someone you knew maybe, or-- [He ends it abruptly, before he starts talking

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[farfairersoul]

I am fairly certain the majority of us that bothered to open our gifts were awarded with a photograph.

[diverged_fate]

Didn't pay that much attention when I picked them up...

[Too bad that one didn't stay lost under his bed.]

So did these photographs have anything in common?

[farfairersoul]

I have yet to see anyone else's, so I couldn't be sure. I know most people appreciate theirs, but mine wasn't worth much.

[Even if it does manage to make his team look almost endearing.]

Is there something wrong with yours?

[diverged_fate]

Maybe they're all kinda random. Just something...or someone people knew.

[It sounds like he really wants to believe that.]

Probably not. [A pause.] It's just not something I expected to see.

[electronichound]

Someone I knew once.

[diverged_fate]

If that's all it is... I guess it makes sense.

[ttlynotawizard]

Something very important to me.

[diverged_fate]

Are all of them supposed to be like that?

[ttlynotawizard]

I suppose, if other people are getting something similar. Did you?

[diverged_fate]

It's...someone I knew from a long time ago.

[lfetimewarranty]

You don't like it?

[She's not a master of perceiving emotions, but his whole post seems a little off.]

[diverged_fate]

It...surprised me. Not something I expected to see.

[lfetimewarranty]

Good surprise or bad surprise?

Though it seems whether what the captain does good or bad is a matter of perception.

[diverged_fate]

[Bad. Very bad.]

I'm not sure. Not something I would've picked...

That's kinda true with most people.

[chopshopgoddess]

Yeah. I did.

[diverged_fate]

What kinda picture? If you don't mind me asking.

[chopshopgoddess]

It's uh...one from back home. Me, my dad, and some friends.

[diverged_fate]

So maybe they're supposed to be... people we all knew a long time ago. [Can't bring himself to say 'family' in reference to his own picture.]